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unemployment insurance for 2 million americans and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. >> raising taxes could still be red ink as far as i can see and it would hurt jobs. >> reporter: some long-time lawmakers are dismayed by the perpetual gridlock. >> i feel it's more likely we'll go over the cliff than not and if we allow that to happen, it will be the most colossal consequential act of irresponsible in a long time --er responsibility. >> reporter: president obama is in hawaii. he says he will cut his vacation short to try to hammer out a deal. the deadline a week away. >> if congress does not get anything done, then taxes will most likely go up for everyone. just about everyone on january 1st. unemployment benefits will also expire for many people. >>> international envoy working to end syria's civil war worries won't be able to help. one man said bashar assad discussed possible steps forward but has made little progress because both sides seem to be more interested in fighting. >>> authorities in india used violence to stop a week of rape protests. armed p
unemployment insurance for 2 million americans and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction. >> raising taxes could still be red ink as far as i can see and it would hurt jobs. >> reporter: some long-time lawmakers are dismayed by the perpetual gridlock. >> i feel it's more likely we'll go over the cliff than not and if we allow that to happen, it will be the most colossal consequential act of irresponsible in a long time --er responsibility....
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instead the lakers overcame a fourteen point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime and eventually beat the warriors for a final score of 118-to-115. jarrett jack led the way for the warriors scoring 29 points and david lee added another double-double to his tremendous season. still the lakers proved to be too much. steve nash hit the game winning field goal in his first game back after missing almost two months. saturday night isn't usually reserved for nfl games and jerry rice's single season receiving yards record doesn't ever get broken. until now. detroit lions wide receiver calvin johnson entered the night only needing another 181 yards to eclipse the mark. the lions ended up losing to the atlanta falcons 31-to-18 but johnson finished the game with 11 catches for 225 yards. that gives johnson 1,892 yards on the season with one more game left to play. legendary receivers after playing only six seasons in the nfl. jerry rice set the record back in 1995 with 1,848 receiving yards. a record which many believed would never be broken.
instead the lakers overcame a fourteen point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime and eventually beat the warriors for a final score of 118-to-115. jarrett jack led the way for the warriors scoring 29 points and david lee added another double-double to his tremendous season. still the lakers proved to be too much. steve nash hit the game winning field goal in his first game back after missing almost two months. saturday night isn't usually reserved for nfl games and jerry rice's...
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are you going to pay down the deficit? if you are going to use it for more government spending we don't want a part of it. senator mcconnell on the republican side seemed to get frustrated because he felt like the democrats were slow walking the th, 18 hours without a response. mcconnell made a call to a well known senator, joe biden to see if he could help. >> we're willing to work with whoever can help. no single issue remains an impossible sticking point. a sticking point appears to be a willingness and interest or frankly the courage to close the deal. >> reporter: as senate aide says it was designed to try to jumpstart the talks and consequences of getting a tax increase is a huge concern. >> gregg: what went awry in these talks? >> you heard senator thune. a fiscal cliff deal is a new way calculating inflation that would lower social security payments. democrats say they would do it as part of much bigger deal but it was off the table for the smaller deal they are working on. so democrats called it a poison pill. >>
are you going to pay down the deficit? if you are going to use it for more government spending we don't want a part of it. senator mcconnell on the republican side seemed to get frustrated because he felt like the democrats were slow walking the th, 18 hours without a response. mcconnell made a call to a well known senator, joe biden to see if he could help. >> we're willing to work with whoever can help. no single issue remains an impossible sticking point. a sticking point appears to be...
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the country managed to avoid bailout so far, but will not meet its deficit target for the full year. do you think spain should be given more time? >> well, first of all, i think that, again, spain is going in the right direction. when you look at the current account, the deficit, you see that it had been diminished massively since the peak that they had in 2008, 2009. and, you know, as a very short summing up, it's been divided by more than five, though it's very, very encouraging. on the other hand, you have unit labor costs which have been diminishing quite a lot and the exports of spain are very dynamic today. so it also demonstrates that hard work is being done. it's difficult. it's tough, but going in the right direction. i trust that the global observers are observing progressively and the adjustment is proceed. in spain and in all the countries that are under adjustment. >> now, lonmin's ceo ian farmer is stepping down while being treated for a serious illness after being first admitted to hospital back in august. the south african miner says it's already appointed an executiv
the country managed to avoid bailout so far, but will not meet its deficit target for the full year. do you think spain should be given more time? >> well, first of all, i think that, again, spain is going in the right direction. when you look at the current account, the deficit, you see that it had been diminished massively since the peak that they had in 2008, 2009. and, you know, as a very short summing up, it's been divided by more than five, though it's very, very encouraging. on the...
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instead the lakers came back from a fourteen point, 4th quarter deficit. and beat the warriors 118-115 in overtime. jarrett jack led golden state with 29 points. kobe bryant led all scorers with 34. still ahead on kron four news weekend. we're keeping an eye on the weather. live look out of corte madera this morning. we'll check back in with mike pelton for an update >> we just left a little hot dog spot we were hungry. we went to victoria's secret, h & m, banana republic, basically every store. >> last minute holiday shopping getting people in the spirit. we'll let you know if their procrastination led to any big discounts. >> and a view from above. we'll show you a different vantage point of a san francisco landmark. stay with us. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's
instead the lakers came back from a fourteen point, 4th quarter deficit. and beat the warriors 118-115 in overtime. jarrett jack led golden state with 29 points. kobe bryant led all scorers with 34. still ahead on kron four news weekend. we're keeping an eye on the weather. live look out of corte madera this morning. we'll check back in with mike pelton for an update >> we just left a little hot dog spot we were hungry. we went to victoria's secret, h & m, banana republic, basically...
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and so the deficit increased rather than declined. so it went from 220 billion in 1990 to 269 billion in 1991, 290 billion in 1992. i think that's directly relevant today because i think the obama tax increases are more likely to lose revenue rather than to gain revenue. for example -- >> clayton: we know what happened with president george h.w. bush, read my lips, no new tax and ended up going forward with some of those tax increases to part of the negotiation and democrats didn't come forward with entitlement cuts that were enough to actually counteract some of those tax increases. could we be seeing the exact same thing today? >> well, yes. for example, one big tax increase in the obama tax increase package is the capital gains tax rate is going to go up 58% on the higher income taxpayers. and so now in the last 50 years, every time the capital gains tax rate has been raised, capital gains revenues have declined rather than increased. and every time the capital gains tax rate has been cut, capital gains revenues increased rather th
and so the deficit increased rather than declined. so it went from 220 billion in 1990 to 269 billion in 1991, 290 billion in 1992. i think that's directly relevant today because i think the obama tax increases are more likely to lose revenue rather than to gain revenue. for example -- >> clayton: we know what happened with president george h.w. bush, read my lips, no new tax and ended up going forward with some of those tax increases to part of the negotiation and democrats didn't come...
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middle income americans, protect unemployment and lays the groundwork for further work on growth and deficit reduction. >>reporter: this was after john boehner did not get enough votes for his " plan b " it to the floor. it would have raised americans' only making $1 million or year, more. >> we had a number that really did not want to be received as raising taxes. >>reporter: they both left for the holiday season, and that the failure is ample amplifying a need for more negotiations. >> this looming a bipartisan solution is inevitable for the fiscal cliff. >> this is not just john boehner is problem. mcconnell says. >> after jan wahl first, the tax increases are expected to automatically take place >> and now to connecticut where new details are emerging about sandy hook elementary school gunman adam lanza. those who knew him say he was an awkward, peculiar kid who wore the same clothes to school everyday. they say lanza rarely spoke and once gave a school presentation entirely by computer. never saying a word. a former high school classmate says when lanza played violent video games, he al
middle income americans, protect unemployment and lays the groundwork for further work on growth and deficit reduction. >>reporter: this was after john boehner did not get enough votes for his " plan b " it to the floor. it would have raised americans' only making $1 million or year, more. >> we had a number that really did not want to be received as raising taxes. >>reporter: they both left for the holiday season, and that the failure is ample amplifying a need for...